Sigh. Seems the US government isn't the only incompetent one. The actual worst part is further into the article where it describes a "damning" assessment of Iraqi security forces. No details, just "damning".
Top-secret documents containing the latest government intelligence assessment on al-Qaeda have been left on a train in London.
The documents belonged to a very senior intelligence official working in the Cabinet Office.
A passenger on the train from Waterloo to Surrey spotted the orange cardboard envelope lying abandoned on a seat and handed the documents to the BBC.
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Just seven pages long but classified as "UK Top Secret", the latest government intelligence assessment on al-Qaeda is so sensitive that every document is numbered and marked "for UK/US/Canadian and Australian eyes only", BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner said.
However, it appears that in a "serious" breach of the rules, according to our correspondent, the document was taken out of Whitehall and left on a train on Tuesday.
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